The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Mr Taiwo Adisa has come out to say that the growing false security alarms must stop.

He recently revealed this via a statement, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, the habit of specific individuals, groups and faceless bodies to take to social media and raise the unfounded alarm just to cause panic among the people of Oyo State is becoming a cause for concern, and he can only urge residents of the state to ignore.

He added that as a proactive government, the Makinde-led administration will keep rising to the occasion on the issue of insecurity to win the feisty war against criminality.

His words, “The penchant of certain individuals, groups and faceless bodies to take to social media and raise the unfounded alarm just to cause panic among the people of Oyo State is becoming a cause for concern.”

“Our attention has been drawn to a grand plot to precipitate unrest in Oyo State through the use of fake news in the social media. This plot seeks to promote false alarms, misinformation and sponsored fake news through audio, video and Facebook messages and it is with a view to making the state ungovernable.”

“As a government, the contents of some of these audio and video releases have been investigated and mostly found to be outright falsehood, baseless claims and products of hate speech, targeted only at discrediting the government and inciting the people.”

“As a proactive government, the Makinde-led administration has risen to the occasion on the issue of insecurity and we are already winning the war against criminality, with several measures rolled out to tackle kidnapping and banditry in Ibarapa and some parts of Oke-Ogun, while efforts have also been increased to tame the violent gang wars in Ibadan.”